Insights and Stories on Canola

Trade’s crop estimates vary ahead of StatsCan report

Dec. 4, 2019 at 5:18 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Barley and canola production expectations vary ahead of Statistics Canada’s production of principal field crops report, due out Friday. In September, the federal agency estimated Canada’s barley production to total just less than 10 million tonnes, two million higher than the final count for the 2018-19 growing year. […]

Grain World: Beijing analyst brings different perspective

Dec. 3, 2019 at 9:42 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still pressured by soybeans, rangebound

Nov. 27, 2019 at 4:50 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Canada’s canola crush posts new monthly record

Nov. 25, 2019 at 8:06 pm CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Speculators covering canola shorts in latest trading report

Nov. 25, 2019 at 8:01 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Palm oil shortage leads to canola rally

Nov. 20, 2019 at 4:32 pm CST

MarketsFarm — As Malaysian palm oil continues to increase in price due a shortage, it has led to a rally in canola on ICE Futures, said Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. The shortage stems from dry conditions in Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s top two palm oil producers. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Millions of acres of canola freeze, compound ‘harvest from hell’

Nov. 15, 2019 at 7:13 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Heavy snow and rain during harvest on the Canadian Prairies have left several million acres of canola buried until spring, the latest blow in a miserable year that may compound farmer problems into 2020. Canola is renowned as Canada’s most profitable crop, exported to China, Japan […]

By Rod Nickel

Fund traders hold steady in canola

Nov. 15, 2019 at 4:51 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Commodity fund traders are maintaining a steady short position in ICE Futures canola, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in at 53,576 contracts on Tuesday, steady […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Steady canola market stuck in rut

Nov. 13, 2019 at 3:48 pm CST

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola held within a narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, as the market waits for fresh news to push it one way or the other. “There are certainly some supportive elements underneath the marketplace,” said Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm Pro, pointing to an upward trend […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin